PART 1GENERAL
Contracting authorities3.
(1)
For the purposes of these Regulations each of the following is a contracting authority—
(a)
a Minister of the Crown;
(b)
a government department;
(c)
the House of Commons;
(d)
the House of Lords;
(e)
the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;
(f)
the Scottish Ministers;
(g)
the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
(h)
the National Assembly for Wales;
(i)
a local authority;
(j)
(k)
a fire and rescue authority—
(i)
(ii)
constituted by a scheme under section 2 of that Act; or
(iii)
constituted by a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
(l)
the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland;
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
the Northern Ireland Policing Board;
(q)
(r)
a joint authority established by Part IV of that Act;
(s)
any body established in accordance with an order under section 67 of that Act;
(t)
the Broads Authority;
(u)
any joint board, the constituent members of which consist of any of the bodies specified in paragraphs (i), (j), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s);
(v)
(w)
a corporation established, or a group of individuals appointed to act together, for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and—
(i)
financed wholly or mainly by another contracting authority;
(ii)
subject to management supervision by another contracting authority; or
(iii)
more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another contracting authority;
(x)
an association of or formed by one or more of the above; and
(y)
to the extent not specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (v), an entity specified in Schedule 1.
(2)
In the application of these Regulations to a local authority in England, “local authority” in paragraph (1) means—
(a)
a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b)
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority; or
(c)
(3)
In the application of these Regulations to a local authority in Wales, “local authority” in paragraph (1) means a county council, a county borough council or a community council.
(4)
(5)
(6)
Where an entity specified in paragraph (1) does not have the capacity to enter into a contract, the contracting authority in relation to that entity is a person whose function it is to enter into contracts for that entity.